Dateline Pacific for Tuesday 24 December 2019

Papua New Guinea's government has made a strong pitch of commitment to Bougainville's future following the autonomous region's historic independence vote; a group of political protestors on Nauru, convicted on offences that occurred in June 2015, have all been given custodial sentences; Pacific countries and climate activists are calling for an overhaul of how the world tackles climate change, after this month's round of UN negotiations ended in failure. Sport: Project aims to boost Pasifika players in rugby leadership roles.